11/05/1960
London, England, UK:
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009). For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and film-maker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.
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WOLF (2026) as Narrator (voice) |
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Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji (2026) as |
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Broken English (2026) as The Overseer |
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Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte (2025) as Self |
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The Tree (2025) as |
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Flat 19 (2025) as |
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Ballad of a Small Player (2025) as Cynthia Blithe |
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Phantoms (2025) as |
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Camaraderie (2025) as |
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Timeslip (2025) as |
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Karl (2025) as Self |
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Instant Coffee (2025) as Self |
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The End (2024) as Mother |
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Impulse: Playing with Reality (2024) as Narrator |
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024) as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice) |
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La habitación de al lado (2024) as Martha / Michelle |
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January Stories (2024) as |
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Obertura (2024) as The Gardenerette |
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发光的,万花筒般的 (2024) as |
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The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (2024) as Self |
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Transparent (2024) as |
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Problemista (2024) as Elizabeth |
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The Killer (2023) as The Expert |
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Personal History (2023) as |
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All Kinds of Love (2023) as Self |
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Some Thoughts On The Common Toad (2023) as Narrator (voice) |
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Cannes Uncut (2023) as Self |
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Asteroid City (2023) as Dr. Hickenlooper |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) as Self |
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The Eternal Daughter (2022) as Julie / Rosalind |
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Durmiente (2022) as |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) as Wood Sprite / Death (voice) |
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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) as Alithea |
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Sleep Song (2022) as |
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021) as Self |
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Goliath: Playing with Reality (2021) as Narrator (voice) |
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) as J.K.L. Berensen |
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The Souvenir: Part II (2021) as Rosalind |
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Memoria (2021) as Jessica Holland |
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The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode (2020) as Self |
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The Human Voice (2020) as Woman |
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Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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Last and First Men (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) as Betsey Trotwood |
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Uncut Gems (2019) as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice) |
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The Souvenir (2019) as Rosalind |
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The Dead Don't Die (2019) as Zelda Winston |
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Avengers: Endgame (2019) as The Ancient One |
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Suspiria (2018) as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos |
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Isle of Dogs (2018) as Oracle (voice) |
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Letters from Generation Rx (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
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Okja (2017) as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando |
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2017) as Self |
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War Machine (2017) as German Politician |
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Letters from Baghdad (2017) as Gertrude Bell (voice) |
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async - first light (2017) as |
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Tania Libre (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
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Doctor Strange (2016) as The Ancient One |
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Phantom of the Universe (2016) as Narrator |
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Hail, Caesar! (2016) as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker |
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A Bigger Splash (2015) as Marianne Lane |
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À la découverte du tournage de Moonrise Kingdom (2015) as Self / Social Services |
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Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. (2015) as Self |
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Trainwreck (2015) as Dianna |
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015) as Self |
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Dreams Rewired (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Tilda in de Menil Land (2014) as |
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The Gospel According to St Derek (2014) as Self |
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Antarctica: On the Edge (2014) as Narrator (voice) |
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Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch (2014) as Self |
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Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen (2014) as Self |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as Madame D. |
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Hot Dollar (2014) as |
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) as Eve |
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The Zero Theorem (2013) as Dr. Shrink-Rom |
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Death for a Unicorn (2013) as Narrator (voice) |
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설국열차 (2013) as Mason |
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When Björk Met Attenborough (2013) as Narrator (voice) |
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David Bowie: Five Years (2013) as Self (archive footage) |
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One Water (2013) as |
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The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (2013) as |
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Amore carne (2013) as Self |
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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (2013) as Narrator (voice) |
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Radioman (2012) as Self |
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Ashes (2012) as Self |
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) as Social Services |
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Song 1 (2012) as Self |
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Planet Tilda (2011) as |
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Cinema Is Everywhere (2011) as Self |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) as Eva Khatchadourian |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) as White Witch |
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Behind Jim Jarmusch (2010) as Self |
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Orlando In Uzbekistan (2010) as Self |
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Climate of Change (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
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Io sono l'amore (2010) as Emma Recchi |
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The Invisible Frame (2009) as The Cyclist |
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The Limits of Control (2009) as Blonde |
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Moments on the Set of I Am Love (2009) as Self |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as Elizabeth Abbott |
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Finding the Burn (2008) as Self / Katie Cox (archive footage) |
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DC Insiders Run Amuck (2008) as Self |
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A Londoni férfi (2008) as Camélia |
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Burn After Reading (2008) as Katie Cox |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) as White Witch |
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Julia (2008) as Julia |
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Derek (2008) as Narrator (voice) |
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The New Ten Commandments (2008) as Self |
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Bienvenue à Cannes (2007) as Self |
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Michael Clayton (2007) as Karen Crowder |
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Stephanie Daley (2007) as Lydie Crane |
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Faceless (2007) as Narrator (voice) |
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Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007) as Self |
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Strange Culture (2007) as Hope Kurtz |
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Sleepwalkers (2007) as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk |
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Hitler's Favourite Royal (2007) as Narrator |
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Deep Water (2006) as Narrator (voice) |
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Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes (2006) as Self |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) as White Witch |
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The Somme (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
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Thumbsucker (2005) as Audrey Cobb |
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Broken Flowers (2005) as Penny |
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Absent Presence (2005) as |
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Constantine (2005) as Gabriel |
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The Statement (2003) as Annemarie Livi |
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Young Adam (2003) as Ella Gault |
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Adaptation. (2002) as Valerie Thomas |
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Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory (2002) as Self |
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Teknolust (2002) as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive |
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Vanilla Sky (2001) as Rebecca Dearborn |
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The Deep End (2001) as Margaret Hall |
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The Dilapidated Dwelling (2000) as Narrator (voice) |
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Possible Worlds (2000) as Joyce |
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The Beach (2000) as Sal |
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The Protagonists (1999) as Actress |
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The War Zone (1999) as Mum |
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Conceiving Ada (1999) as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace |
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) as Muriel Belcher |
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Female Perversions (1996) as Evelyn Stephens |
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Tod eines Weltstars (1994) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies (1994) as |
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Glitterbug (1994) as Self |
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Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994) as Narrator (voice) |
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Das offene Universum (1993) as Carla |
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Blue (1993) as (voice) |
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Wittgenstein (1993) as Lady Ottoline Morrell |
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Orlando (1992) as Orlando |
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Hamlet (1992) as Ophelia |
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Man to Man (1992) as Ella / Max Gerike |
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Edward II (1991) as Isabella |
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The Party: Nature Morte (1991) as Queenie |
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Derek Jarman: A Portrait (1991) as Self |
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Your Cheatin' Heart (1990) as |
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The Garden (1990) as Madonna/Voice Overs |
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Play Me Something (1989) as Hairdresser |
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War Requiem (1989) as The Nurse |
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Volcano Saga (1989) as Gudrun |
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A Call to Arms (1989) as |
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Cycling the Frame (1988) as The Cyclist |
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Degrees of Blindness (1988) as |
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The Last of England (1987) as The Maid |
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Friendship's Death (1987) as Friendship |
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Depuis le Jour (1987) as |
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Aria (1987) as Young Girl |
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Egomania – Insel ohne Hoffnung (1987) as Sally |
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Caravaggio (1986) as Lena |
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Caprice (1986) as Lucky |
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The Sluggard (1986) as The Sluggard |
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project () as |
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Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream () as |
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Death in Her Hands () as Vesta Gul |
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WOLF (2026) Executive Producer |
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The End (2024) Producer |
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The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (2024) Director |
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Ott torony volt: Víg Mihály-portré (2022) Executive Producer |
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Memoria (2021) Executive Producer |
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Call Me by Your Name (2017) Thanks |
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Okja (2017) Co-Producer |
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2017) Director |
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2017) Writer |
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Letters from Baghdad (2017) Executive Producer |
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Paterson (2016) Thanks |
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Executive Producer |
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Io sono l'amore (2010) Producer |
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Derek (2008) Writer |
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Derek (2008) Executive Producer |
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The New Ten Commandments (2008) Director |
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Stephanie Daley (2007) Executive Producer |
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Thumbsucker (2005) Co-Executive Producer |
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Paradise () Director |
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We Will Wake () Director |